Today I dragged home a neat little Playstation 2 console to have fun with. It has been quite a while since the last time I had one hooked up in the living room.
Some of you might remember that I traded in my PS2 for a Wii back a couple of years ago.. I still regret having done that, but now I have settled the score by acquiring a new one.
Sadly I forgot the memory card for my camera at work, so I can’t show you any pictures of the beauty tonight, but hopefully tomorrow.
Got some decent games I intend to play as well:
- Super Bust-a-Move (for multiplayer action) - Call of Duty: Finest Hour - Kingdom of Hearts
Last, but not least, I have gotten hold of the SEGA Classics Collection with Golden Axe, OutRun, Fantasy Zone and more! Really looking forward to have a go at that one.
It has been far too long since I posted on this blog. My last post was back in January 2013, which is several months ago. How time flies!
I’m going to start posting more often again. Spring is coming and with the sun and the warm weather comes extra energy for writing.
In the future I will write a bit more about SEGA related hardware and software, since I’ve started investigating this platform. I’ve never been a SEGA gamer, but it is never too late to start. Being a big fan of old-school shoot’em up’s, I’m going to try to track down some games belonging to that genre. If you have some SEGA shooters (or other types of games) to recommend, please comment below. Thanks in advance. By the way.. I got the Mega Drive console, which I think looks very nice.
This does not mean I won’t write about the Amiga of course, since that will always be my favorite platform.
Anyway, hope you all are doing well and that the retro gaming spirit is still burning out there.
Game on!
Before I forget.. have you seen the winner of the old school demo competition at the Revision 2013 party that was held during Easter? If not, please have a look at this splendid Amiga production below.. Lemon is back in action again!
PS: A special greeting must go out to Mads for waking me up from my slumber… hehe… thanks! Also greetings to all readers of my blog!
Loriano Pagni, also known as TheDaddy, has put a lot of effort into this project. It’s good to see that he has now reached his goal and that the case will go into production. If you read this, then I must congratulate you on your terrific work!
Interested parties suggested prices, ranging from £70 to £520. A decision has been made to price it somewhere in the middle. Only 50 units will be made, and orders will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis.
The X500 Plus will be priced at £259 (GBP) + packaging and postage. and will be shipped in a plain, brown, double wall cardboard box.
What’s included:
The case will be available in black or white with black or white USB keyboard
rubber feet
on/off switch
LEDs
all the screws, nuts, washers & spacers
custom-made steel DVD and 3.5″ USB card reader brackets
expansion card cover
keyboard holders
one 40mm silent fan
slim SATA DVD-RW drive with SATA cable
silicone fan mounts on the right side (in case you want to add extra fans)
3.5″ USB card reader (52in1)
powder coated aluminium base and rear (inside and out) in black or white with a matt finish
custom-made LED window
Fully assembled.
Once all the payments are received, the factories will buy the materials and machine the plastic, the aluminium and the steel. They’ll want to be paid in advance. The cases are hand assembled one at a time so please be patient.
Ordering options are:
1) X500 Plus colour (white or black)
2) Colour combination of the LEDs (white, blue, red, green or amber, they are interchangeable)
3) Your full home address (for the delivery)
4) Your PayPal email address
5) Would you like two free ACube’s “A” keys adhesives?
6) Please confirm keyboard layout preference (U.K. layout is second best option if first is not available)
Contact:
amigarulez@hotmail.com
Registered people should have received an email already. If you have not received it please email the address above.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks.
PS: This project has sucked a lot of energy, free time and money, my entire classic, NG Amiga and Commodore collection, plus my car (twice!) and a few other items which ended up on ebay during seven years. You probably already know but I’ll be making these at a loss for a while but I love it and I hope you’re going to love it too. Add sad music here.
Thank you to everyone who’s been supporting this project, you know who you are.
For your mini-itx or flex-atx x86, SAM, FPGAArcade Replay, Efika boards, etc.
TheDaddy has made some videos about the X500 Plus. I’ve embedded one for you below, so that you can get an impression of the product. Hope you’ll enjoy it!
I’m thinking that this case would be perfect for my AROS setup. I currently got a mini-ITX box for it, but it would be awesome to move all the hardware into the X500 Plus instead.
A screenshot of the website called Blow the Cartridge (screenshot by Old School Game Blog)
Hi guys,
Just found out about an awesome website called Blow the Cartridge. It contains a ton of retro gaming comics, inspired by your old favourite (or possible non favourite) games. You can even request the author to draw a comic for the game of your choice.
If you’re interested in checking out, please click on the link below:
